“Our electricity system is entering an era where it must deal with changing priorities and evolving technologies,” Dr Finkel said in a statement.

“If the world around us is changing, we have to change with it.

“More of the same is not an option, we need to aim higher.”

This nation-wide price hike can’t come at a worse time for WA, with Treasurer Ben Wyatt previously saying power is expected to increase by seven percent in 2017-2018, regardless of whether the national recommendations are implemented.

“The 16-17 budget has seven percent increases in power bills, and in light of the fact that from memory you decreased that by one percent, which was about a $19 million impact on the finances for that particular year,” Mr Wyatt said at press conference in April this year,” he said.

“Now, everybody needs to understand for every dollar we spend, it is borrowed.”

“And now more and more is going to be borrowed off-shore.”

“So, the budget is predicated on seven percent, I wouldn’t expect anything less than seven percent.”